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Baroque Music Characteristics #GCSEMusic
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This music is typically Baroque because it is... (can you think of other reasons too?)
a small orchestra, with harpsichord/ continuo and trills
loud and exciting with wooden instruments.
full of scalic patterns that keep repeating
very fast and is played on string instruments.
2
Some of Vivaldi's concertos are examples of programme music. What does that mean?
Music that is created by a computer
A TV theme tune
Music for a play
Music that is intended to evoke images or scenes
3
In a concerto grosso the small group is called the...?
Orchestra
Band
Concertino
Ripieno
4
This is a concerto for...
Cello
Oboe
Harpsichord
Violin
5
Which one of these IS a Baroque composer
Shostakovitch
Beethoven
Corelli
Haydn
6
In Baroque music there is a lot of melodic ornamentation. What type of ornament is this?
Mordant
Glissando
Trill
Appogiatura
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What are the dates of the Baroque Period
1600-1750
1550-1600
1750-1830
1830-1900
8
Which one of these IS NOT a Baroque Composer
Mozart
Vivaldi
Bach
Handel
9
Who wrote this music?
Handel
Monteverdi
Bach
Vivaldi
10
Listen to the texture. Which statement is accurate?
Solo (polyphonic) then tutti (homophonic) then unison
Solo (monophonic) then a duet (polyphonic) then tutti.
Solo (homophonic) then a duet (polyphonic) then tutti.
Solo (monophonic) then a duet (polyphonic) then unison.
11
Which statement about the Baroque orchestra is not true?
There were no percussion instruments
Flutes were wooden and be recorders instead of clarinets.
Brass instruments didn't have valves so were more limited
The Baroque orchestra was small and mainly strings.
12
In a concerto grosso the large group is called the...?
Concertino
Orchestra
Band
Ripieno
13
A Concerto Grosso is...
A long, extended concerto.
A concerto using a large orchestra
A concerto for a small group of soloists with an orchestra
A keyboard instrument
14
What is this?
Harp
Guitar
Harpsichord
Lute
15
Name the percussion instrument you can hear in this extract by Handel.
Snare drum
Kettle drum
Tom tom
Bass drum
16
Which sentence is true about a Baroque orchestra?
They did not have any brass instruments.
They only had string instruments.
They only had one woodwind instrument
There was no conductor
17
I can hear an example of...
An appogiatura
A mordant
A turn
A trill
18
Find the correct spelling
harpichord
harvsicord
harpsicord
harpsichord
19
This is an example of?
A mordant
A trill
A glissando
An appogiatura
20
What melodic technique is being used here?
Arpeggio
Sequence
Retrograde
Repetition
21
What is the texture of this music
Polyphonic
Homophonic
Monophonic
Unison
22
Ritornello form is
..similar to rondo form.
...similar to binary form
...is like the rhythm section
...similar to ternary form
23
This is an example of....
An ostinato
A walking bass
A sequence
A figured bass
24
Which instruments had not been invented in the Baroque period? (2)
The oboe
The clarinet
The piano
The trumpet
25
Name the instrument
Organ
Piano
Harpsichord
Lute
26
What are 'terraced dynamics'
Dynamics that change abruptly
Dynamics that change gradually
Dynamics that keep changing
Dynamics that don't change
27
What is a concerto?
A piece for a soloist.
Classical piece for an orchestra
A piece for a soloist and an orchestra
A piece of virtuoso classical music
28
What is a cadenza?
Two chords which at the end of a phrase.
A musical ornament.
A flashy bit at the end where the soloist shows off.
A Baroque keyboard instrument.
29
Brandenburg Concerto No.2 - Who wrote it?
Handel
Vivaldi
Beethoven
Bach
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The continuo is...?
A repeating section
A keyboard instrument
Harmony/bass played by harpsichord/organ and a cello
The conductor
